Internal trade and distribution History of trade of the People's Republic of China
1 internal trade , distribution 1.1 agriculture 1.2 industry 1.3 lateral economic cooperation 1.4 retail sales internal trade , distribution agriculture approximately 63 percent of population located in rural areas, majority of people worked in agriculture , rural industries. under responsibility system agriculture instituted in 1981, household replaced production team basic production unit. families contracted economic collective farm plot of land, delivered set amount of grain or other produce , agricultural tax state, , paid fee collective. after meeting these obligations, household free retain surplus produce or sell on free markets. restrictions on private plots , household sideline production lifted, , of produce these sold on free markets. distribution of food , other agricultural goods urban consumers, industry , rural areas deficient in food carried out state , secondarily producers or cooperatives. state procured agricultural goods means of taxes in kind , purchases state com...